"September 18, 1970, rock guitarist legend Jimi Hendrix died from a secobarbital overdose. On June 22, 1969, secobarbital overdose was the cause of death of actress Judy Garland. The drug was a central part of the plot of the hugely popular novel ""Valley of the Dolls"" (1966) by Jacqueline Susann in which three highly successful Hollywood women each fall victim, in various ways, to the drug. The novel was later released as a film by the same name. Eli Lilly has developed the vaccine preservative thiomersal (also called merthiolate and thimerosal). Thiomersal is effective by causing susceptible bacteria to autolyze."
"Death of Jimi Hendrix On September 18, 1970, and at the age of 27, the American musician Jimi Hendrix died in London. One of the most influential guitarists of the 1960s, he was described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as ""arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music."" For some days Hendrix had been in poor health, due in part to fatigue caused by overworking, a chronic lack of sleep, and an illness assumed to be influenza-related. Insecurities about his personal relationships and disillusionment with the music industry had also contributed to his frustration. Although"
"and lacking sufficient evidence of the circumstances, recorded an open verdict. Dannemann stated that Hendrix had taken nine of her prescribed Vesparax sleeping tablets, 18 times the recommended dosage. On October 1, 1970, Hendrix was interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Renton, Washington. In 1992, his former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham asked British authorities to reopen the investigation into his death. A subsequent inquiry by Scotland Yard proved inconclusive, and in 1993, they decided against proceeding with the investigation. The American musician Jimi Hendrix (born November 27, 1942) was one of the most influential guitarists of the 1960s. His Rock and Roll"
"John Lennon, Paul McCartney and countless others, Weedon could well be described as the most genuinely influential guitarist of all time."" Bert Weedon Herbert Maurice William 'Bert' Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK Singles Chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial guides, ""Play in a Day"", were a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John"
"the 1980s for impersonating a police officer and confiscating people's drugs, and was found dead in his Acton flat on 22 December 1990 at the age of 38, having suffered a fatal heart attack. Biographer Paolo Hewitt claimed the incident to be the result of ""a suspected heroin overdose"". Friday is often cited as an unsung talent. A latterly applied nickname, ""the greatest footballer you never saw"", was used as the title of his 1997 biography, co-written by Oasis bass player Paul McGuigan and Hewitt. Both as a player and a personality, Friday remains a major figure for both of"
"Double Trouble's longest, exhausted the band as the final leg unfolded. However, the extended break at the tour's conclusion enabled both Vaughan and bassist Tommy Shannon to enter treatment for drug and alcohol addictions and successfully achieve sobriety. In Vaughan's case, this lifestyle would continue through further tours in the following four years, prior to his death in a helicopter accident in August 1990. Stevie Ray Vaughan is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of blues music, and one of the most important musicians in the revival of blues in the 1980s. Allmusic"
"and Dave Mason (guitar). The support bands that evening were Fat Mattress and Van der Graaf Generator. Experience (Jimi Hendrix album) Experience is a live album by Jimi Hendrix, released in August 1971 in the United Kingdom. The album is an incomplete soundtrack to the unreleased film ""Experience"" documenting the Jimi Hendrix Experience's performance at the Royal Albert Hall on February 18, 1969. It peaked at number nine in the U.K. album charts in September 1971. The follow-up to ""Experience"", titled ""More Experience"", from the Jimi Hendrix Experience's performance at the Royal Albert Hall six days later, on February 24"
"Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton, (born 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the ""100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"" and fourth in Gibson's ""Top 50 Guitarists of All Time"". He was also named number five in ""Time"" magazine's list"
"to Crohn's disease. Reale, who had Crohn's disease most of his life, had been in a coma since January 11 due to a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Mark Reale Mark Reale (June 7, 1955 – January 25, 2012) was an American heavy metal guitarist best known for being the only constant original member in the band Riot. Real was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955. He grew up listening to The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Ritchie Blackmore and lists George Harrison as one of his greatest influences. After attending concerts by Ronnie Montrose, Rick Derringer and Edgar Winter he decided"
"he had played in the British beat and blues booms of the 1960s. The Who, The Small Faces, The Rolling Stones and many others used Stevens' knowledge of the American R&B and soul scene as a source for their own repertoire, having heard of him through his deejaying at the New Scene Club. Stevens' involvement with the production of ""London Calling"" is explored extensively in Marcus Grey's book ""Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and the Making of London Calling"" (2012). Stevens died on 28 August 1981, at the age of 38, having overdosed on the prescription drugs he was taking"
"Jack Bruce John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter known primarily for his contributions to the British supergroup Cream, which also included the guitarist-singer Eric Clapton and the drummer Ginger Baker. In March 2011 ""Rolling Stone"" readers selected him as the eighth greatest bass guitarist of all time. ""Most musicians would have a very hard time distinguishing themselves if they wound up in a band with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker,"" the magazine said at the time, ""but Jack Bruce was so gifted on the bass that he did"
"the ""European Night"" tour. The next morning, he was found dead in a guestroom of the Posthof Club where the band had been due to perform. He had suffered a heart attack. His single ""There's No Justice in Life"" was released on the same day. Snakefinger Philip Charles Lithman (17 June 1949 – 1 July 1987), who performed under the stage name Snakefinger, was an English musician, singer and songwriter. A multi-instrumentalist, he was best known for his guitar and violin work and his collaborations with The Residents. Lithman was born in Tooting, South London, and came from the British"
"Jimi Hendrix James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as ""arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music"". Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the"
"Supper"". Steve Clark Stephen Maynard Clark (23 April 1960 – 8 January 1991) was an English musician. He was the principal songwriter and lead guitarist for the British hard rock band, Def Leppard, until 1991, when he died from alcohol poisoning. In 2007, Clark was ranked No. 11 on ""Classic Rock Magazine's"" ""100 Wildest Guitar Heroes"". In December 2018 it was announced that Clark would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Def Leppard Stephen Maynard Clark was born and raised in Hillsborough, South Yorkshire, a suburb of Sheffield, England to Barrie &"
"Bert Weedon Herbert Maurice William 'Bert' Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK Singles Chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial guides, ""Play in a Day"", were a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Dave Davies, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page. He was awarded an OBE in 2001 for his"
"figures. Some groups, such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, broke up. Hendrix died in London in September 1970, shortly after recording ""Band of Gypsys"" (1970), Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in October 1970 and they were closely followed by Jim Morrison of the Doors, who died in Paris in July 1971. By this point, many surviving acts had moved away from psychedelia into either more back-to-basics ""roots rock"", traditional-based, pastoral or whimsical folk, the wider experimentation of progressive rock, or riff-based heavy rock. Following the lead of Hendrix in rock, psychedelia began to influence African American"
"Ed O'Brien Edward John O'Brien (born 15 April 1968) is an English guitarist and member of the alternative rock band Radiohead. He makes extensive use of effects units to create atmospheric sounds and textures, and provides backing vocals. In 2010, ""Rolling Stone"" named O'Brien the 59th greatest guitarist of all time. O'Brien grew up listening to post-punk acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, Adam and the Ants, Depeche Mode, the Police and David Bowie. He said: ""It was a very foetal [time] for music because people who went to art college or artists, or musicians, suddenly thought, 'Oh, I"
"electric shock at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas on 15 September 1974, and was seriously injured. Due to his drug addiction he was not able to perform properly, and was fired by the band in early 1975 and replaced by former King Crimson bassist/vocalist, John Wetton. Thain died of respiratory failure due to a heroin overdose, on 8 December 1975, aged 27, at his flat in Norwood Green in London. Gary Thain Gary Mervin Thain (15 May 1948 – 8 December 1975) was a New Zealand rock bassist, best known for his work with British band Uriah Heep. Thain"
"when Jimi Hendrix was asked how it felt to be the world's greatest guitarist, he is reported to have said: ‘I don't know, go ask Rory Gallagher’"" (but this may be a variant of an urban legend ). Rory Gallagher William Rory Gallagher ( ; 2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) was an Irish blues and rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, and brought up in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste during the late 1960s. His albums have sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Gallagher"
"autopsy found that McCulloch died of heart failure due to morphine and alcohol poisoning. He was 26 years old but was not known for being a user of hard drugs. Jimmy McCulloch James McCulloch (4 June 1953 – 27 September 1979) was a Scottish-born musician and songwriter best known for playing lead guitar and bass, as a member of Paul McCartney's band Wings from 1974 to 1977. McCulloch was a member of the Glasgow psychedelic band One in a Million (formerly known as the Jaygars), Thunderclap Newman, and Stone the Crows. McCulloch also made appearances on many albums, including John"
"Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the rock band Nirvana. Cobain is remembered as one of the most iconic and influential rock musicians in the history of alternative music. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Cobain formed the band Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene which later became known as grunge. After signing with major label DGC Records, Nirvana found success with ""Smells Like Teen Spirit"" from their"
"1979, he formed The Guitar Trio with John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia. The group toured Europe briefly, releasing a video recorded at Royal Albert Hall in London entitled ""Meeting of Spirits"". In early 1980, Coryell's drug addiction led to his being replaced by Al Di Meola. He recorded ""Together"" with guitarist Emily Remler, who died from a heroin overdose in 1990. Coryell died on February 19, 2017, of heart failure in New York City, at the age of 73. He was performing at the Iridium jazz club in Manhattan that weekend. In his review of the concert at the"
"play guitar from his father, and by 1949 was playing in Professor Longhair's band in clubs, where he developed an addiction to heroin. He first recorded with Fats Domino in 1951, and played on most of Domino's recording sessions for the rest of the decade, sometimes contributing arrangements. He also gave guitar lessons, most notably to Mac Rebennack (Dr. John). He died while on tour in New York City from an accidental overdose of heroin in 1962, aged 29; his brother Lawrence died from a similar overdose the following year, and his replacement in Domino's band, Roy Montrell, died the"
"George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Often referred to as ""the quiet Beatle"", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group included ""Taxman"", ""Within You Without"
"in the popularization of hard rock and psychedelic rock, the Experience was best known for the skill, style, and charisma of their frontman, Jimi Hendrix. All three of the band's studio albums, ""Are You Experienced"" (1967), """" (1967) and ""Electric Ladyland"" (1968), were featured in the top 100 of the ""Rolling Stone"" list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, at positions 15, 82 and 54 respectively. In 1992, the Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jimi Hendrix arrived in England on September 24, 1966, and with his new manager and former"
"Steve Clark Stephen Maynard Clark (23 April 1960 – 8 January 1991) was an English musician. He was the principal songwriter and lead guitarist for the British hard rock band, Def Leppard, until 1991, when he died from alcohol poisoning. In 2007, Clark was ranked No. 11 on ""Classic Rock Magazine's"" ""100 Wildest Guitar Heroes"". In December 2018 it was announced that Clark would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Def Leppard Stephen Maynard Clark was born and raised in Hillsborough, South Yorkshire, a suburb of Sheffield, England to Barrie & Beryl"
"Jimmy Page James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Page began his career as a studio session musician in London and, by the mid-1960s, alongside Big Jim Sullivan, was one of the most sought-after session guitarists in Britain. He was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. In late 1968, he founded Led Zeppelin. Page is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. ""Rolling Stone"" magazine has"
"exceptional guitar player who inspired Peter into writing the most moving and powerful songs of his life."" Danny Kirwan Daniel David Kirwan (13 May 1950 – 8 June 2018) was a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972. He released three albums as a solo artist from 1975 to 1979, recorded albums with Otis Spann, Chris Youlden, and Tramp, and worked with his former Fleetwood Mac colleagues Jeremy Spencer and Christine McVie on some of their solo projects. Danny Kirwan was born"
"had died at the age of 62. News of Mayo's death broke, when former Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson posted a message on his Facebook page stating: ""Very sad to hear Gypie Mayo passed away this morning..RIP Gypie."" Gypie Mayo Gypie Mayo (born John Phillip Cawthra; 24 July 1951 − 23 October 2013) was an English guitarist and songwriter, playing in Dr. Feelgood from 1977 to 1981, and from 1996 to 2004 in the reborn Yardbirds with Alan Glen. Mayo was born in Hammersmith, London on 24 July 1951. At an early age, he listened to the classical music his father"
"cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, on May 1, 2012. He was 65 years old. Charles Pitts Charles ""Skip"" Pitts (April 7, 1947 – May 1, 2012) was an American soul and blues guitarist. He is best known for his distinctive ""wah-wah"" style, prominently featured on Isaac Hayes' title track from the 1971 movie ""Shaft"". He is widely considered to have been one of the architects of soul, R&B and funk guitar. Pitts learned to play guitar at age 11 on the street corners of his childhood hometown, Washington D.C., often receiving tips from his neighbor, Bo Diddley. Pitts' uncle owned a"
"prize for their one-off reunion, and were described as the ""greatest rock and roll band of all time"". The three surviving members (Page, Plant, and Jones) were named as 2012 recipients of Kennedy Center Honors. Studio albums Band members Live performance guests Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal. Their style drew from a"
"all tracks. Songs like ""Gusto Blusto"" and ""Reasons"" took days for the addicted singer to finish. Following the release of the album, rumours of George's heroin addiction began to circulate in the press and in British and US tabloids, and by the summer of 1986, he announced that he was indeed addicted to drugs. In July, he was arrested for possession of cannabis. Several days later, keyboardist Michael Rudetsky, who played on the album and had co-written ""Sexuality"" with George, was found dead from a heroin overdose in George's home. Despite the lead single ""Move Away"" becoming a hit, the"
"Big Jim Sullivan James George Tomkins (14 February 1941 – 2 October 2012), known professionally as Big Jim Sullivan, was an English musician whose career started in 1958. He was best known as a session guitarist. In the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the most in-demand studio musicians in the UK, and performed on around 750 charting singles over his career, including 54 UK Number One hits. He was born James George Tomkins, in Hillingdon Hospital, Middlesex, England, and went to Woodfield Secondary School in Cranford, Middlesex. At the age of 14, he began learning the guitar, and"